Other conditions decisions — 2025

The Board granted a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pension benefits in the amount of $1,242.00 due to fault on the part of the VA and undue hardship for the Veteran.

The appeal for an earlier effective date for the 20 percent rating assigned for bilateral epididymal cysts was dismissed.

T.L.A. is granted eligibility for future burial in a VA national cemetery as she is the Veteran's unmarried adult child who became permanently physically or mentally disabled and incapable of self-support prior to age 21.

The Board remands the claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include unspecified trauma and stressor related disorder, due to a duty to assist error regarding an inadequate medical opinion.

The appeal concerning entitlement to payment of the cost of non-VA medical services provided on March 4, 2021, is denied.

The appeal for an annual VA clothing allowance for the year 2020 is remanded due to a pre-decisional duty to assist omission.

The Board determined that the Veteran was not entitled to additional compensation for his former spouse, L., as they had divorced in 2005. The overpayment of $18,152.85 is a valid debt.

The veteran withdrew his appeal regarding a clothing allowance, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this matter.

The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during its pendency.

The Board restored the 20 percent rating for left and right leg peripheral vascular disease effective December 8, 2021, and granted a 40 percent rating for both conditions.

The Board denied the Veteran's request for a waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA pension benefits, in the amount of $85,686.00.

The Board remands the claim for service connection for a hysterectomy as secondary to service-connected disabilities due to missing records and an inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied the widow's claim for service connection for cause of death and entitlement to Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) as there was no evidence that the Veteran was exposed to herbicides or that his cause of death was related to his active-duty service.

The Board denied the Veteran's challenges to the overpayment debt and waiver of recoupment, finding no evidence of over-recoupment or grounds for a waiver based on equity and good conscience.

The Board remands the matter for the AOJ to consider additional evidence and provide a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's eligibility for benefits under VA PCAFC.

The Board granted the Veteran's appeal for eligibility to direct payment of attorney fees based on past-due benefits awarded in a December 2023 rating decision that awarded service connection for Wegener's granulomatosis.

The Board remands the claim for additional monthly housing allowance to correct a duty to assist error related to missing records.

The Veteran withdrew his appeals for entitlement to special home adaptation and specially adapted housing.

The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of TDIU due to a procedural defect in the adjudication of his clear and unmistakable error (CUE) motion.

The appeals for payment of the cost of ambulance transportation services provided to the Veteran on April 26, 2021, were dismissed as the benefits sought have been granted.